Evolving Patterns in Digital Anonymity for Music Distribution Online

Downloading free music online has been a relatively risk-free hobby for millions of people during the past few years. While record companies, politicians and technology companies fought the battle on a big scale, you loaded your hard drive with Mp3 . . . Downloading free music online has been a relatively risk-free hobby for millions of people during the past few years. While record companies, politicians and technology companies fought the battle on a big scale, you loaded your hard drive with Mp3 files through Kazaa or BearShare.

While they were filing court briefs you were just grabbing files. Anonymously. At no cost. So was I, to be honest. But that could change.

A federal judge recently ordered Verizon Communications Inc. to give the Recording Industry Association of America the name of an alleged music pirate who subscribes to Verizon's Internet service.

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